APPLICATION FORMALITIES
The minimum requirements to file a patent application are:
1.  The name or company name of the applicant, the nationality, the residence, head-office or place where established, the tax identification number if residing or seated in Portugal and e-mail address, if existing;
2.  The epigraph or title characterizing the object of the invention;
3.  Inventor’s name and country of residence;

The following documents must also be filed:
1.  Claims of what it is considered new and what characterizes the invention;
2.  Description of the object of the invention;
3.  The necessary drawings for the complete understanding of the description;
4.  Abstract of the invention.

For provisional patent applications and besides the minimum requirements enumerated above, there is also the need to present a document describing the object of the application in such a way as to allow the execution of the invention by any competent person in the field.

PRIORITY
The unionist priority can be claimed in any patent application. The period is of 12 months.
 
The Patent and Trade Mark Office may ask for the applicant to present the priority document.

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FEES
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